1. Antonio Aakeel is an English actor, known for starring in the Apple TV Series Slow Horses and leading the film Eaten by Lions, for which he was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow by Screen Daily.
16 Facts About Antonio Aakeel
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Antonio Aakeel appeared in Tomb Raider and the BAFTA award-winning series Three Girls.
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Antonio Aakeel was born in Wolverhampton, England, and moved around the West Midlands as a child.
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Antonio Aakeel was inspired to pursue acting after being given a one-line role in a school nativity play and subsequently began acting in local theatre.
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Screen Daily announced Antonio Aakeel would be leading Abid Khan's debut feature Granada Nights as Ben, a heartbroken British tourist on a journey of hedonism and discovery in Granada, Spain.
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Antonio Aakeel appeared opposite Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander in Warner Bros.
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In 2016, Antonio Aakeel was cast alongside Riz Ahmed and Billie Piper in the London crime thriller City of Tiny Lights directed by BAFTA winner Pete Travis.
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Later that year, Antonio Aakeel landed a supporting role in The Hungry, Film London's contemporary feature adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus playing troubled brother to Life of Pi's Suraj Sharma.
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Antonio Aakeel starred as Nasir Baloch in the political short film The Line of Freedom, directed by David Whitney.
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Antonio Aakeel gained his first television role in the E4 series Skins.
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Antonio Aakeel then led an episode of BBC One's Moving On playing Mati, a young refugee whose leave to remain is revoked on his eighteenth birthday.
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In 2019, Antonio Aakeel appeared in two episodes of the Channel 4 drama series Ackley Bridge as Anwar Wazir.
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Later that year, Antonio Aakeel began portraying the recurring role of Rafael Hyland in the BBC One thriller series Dublin Murders.
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Antonio Aakeel gained his first video game role in the Immortals of Aveum as Devyn.
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Antonio Aakeel was cast in the title role in the stage adaptation of Guantanamo Boy.
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Antonio Aakeel has performed locally with Midlands based theatre company Round Midnight.